Women can get paid less than men, court rules

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A US federal appeals court has rules that employers are legally allowed to pay women lower salaries than men for the same work.

The decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous lower-court ruling, according to Associate Press (AP). The previous ruling had pay difference cased only on prior salaries were discriminatory under the country’s Equal Pay Act.

Women’s earlier salaries are likely to be lower than men’s because of gender bias, US Magistrate Judge Michael Seng said in a 2015 decision, according to AP.

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit cited a 1982 ruling by the court that said employers could use previous salary information as long as they applied it reasonably and had a business policy that justified it.

“This decision is a step in the wrong direction if we’re trying to really ensure that women have work opportunities of equal pay,” said Deborah Rhode. Rhode teaches gender equity law at Stanford Law School, according to the agency.

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